Sunday, February 13, 2011

After seeing Anthony Bourdain talk about eating his way through theworld & how the New York bucket list is so totally deli, it was whatfelt like the longest train ride, taxi, & traffic jam at the counterto try to satiate per suggestion. Since Katz's scorns vegetariansalmost as much as Bourdain does, Garrett & Jilly make him proud herewith pastrami & roast beef while theme-thrilled Gayathri enters apickle eating contest with herself, & Joanie checks the out-of-towner& Meg Ryan fan boxes. Unidentified rapper photo on nearby wall.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Started our summer road trip by flying into L.A. I was on a mission to eat lots of Mexican food (not that hard on the West Coast). So why not Korean-Mexican food? Loved the spicy red chili pepper sauce on my shrimp taco.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Amazing pre-game Portuguese food at Coimbra restaurant/bar in Newark's Ironbound neighborhood. Washed down with Sagres beer on draught. This place is the real deal, filled with old guys watching football and buying cigarettes from the vending machine. Unfortunately, the Red Bulls were defeated 0-1 by the Seattle Sounders later on.

Sunday, April 04, 2010

This is the seafood blince at Gambrinus, a Russian pectopah in Brighton Beach. Thanks to raburabunakamachi for the pictures of her recent visit. I've walked past many times but now I'll be sure to try it. Gambrinus, by the way, is the patron saint of beer.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Menu Nomad's latest post gives us a look at the meal options on Air France. It got me thinking about some of my most memorable airplane food experiences. And the most memorable has to be the one I don't remember. It was 1998 and I was being flown first class from Chicago to Tokyo on JAL where my first job out of college awaited me. The champagne flowed before takeoff. Then it was gin. The guy sitting next to me was a connoisseur of airplane liquor, and he was advising me on every round. We smoked cigarettes in our leather seats. "Wasn't that frowned upon in 1998?" you ask. Take it from L.P. Hartley, folks: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."

And I have no idea what the hell we ate.

I do like pictures of airplane food, though, and that's something that hasn't been featured much, if at all, on What Are We Eating? So thanks to Luxemburgerlis on flickr here are some amazing shots of first-class meal service on Thai Airways.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

"Foodprint NYC is the first in a series of international conversations about food and the city. From a cluster analysis of bodega inventories to the cultural impact of the ice-box, and from food deserts to peak phosphorus, panelists will examine the hidden corsetry that gives shape to urban foodscapes, and collaboratively speculate on how to feed New York in the future. The free afternoon program will include designers, policy-makers, flavor scientists, culinary historians, food retailers, and others, for a wide-ranging discussion of New York’s food systems, past and present, as well as opportunities to transform our edible landscape through technology, architecture, legislation, and education.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

We had a block of tofu, some bok choy, a zucchini, and mushrooms. Some of it went toward a healthy dish and the rest was sacrificed in a mad urge to fry stuff.Also, on a recent cold January night I decided to bust out a bottle of Stone Vertical Epic (a Belgian strong dark ale by way of San Diego) from '06 that had been sitting in my refrigerator. I'm happy to report it aged magnificently.